Has Windows 7 killed Linux on the desktop? | Linux Today

Has Windows 7 killed Linux on the desktop?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 22, 2010

“People don’t just like Windows 7, it’s the anti-Vista: loved
for as many often spurious reasons as Vista was hated.

“Many watchers and pundits, from big corporates, such as Novell
to a million tuxhead blogs, saw the price and unpopularity of Vista
as a golden opportunity for the Linux operating system to sneak in
and steal a slice of the desktop market.

“But has Window 7 seen off any threat from open source operating
systems? In other words, has Windows 7 killed Linux on the desktop?
I’ll come clean: I switched to Ubuntu shortly after the launch of
Vista.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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